malanga

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noun

Any of several Central and South American plants, of the genus Xanthosoma; yautia.

Similar
yautiatanniaspoonflowerXanthosoma sagittifoliumXanthosoma atrovirens
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Meanings

malanga1

nounmalanga (plural malangas)

plural malangas

  1. Any of several Central and South American plants, of the genus Xanthosoma; yautia.
  2. Taro (Colocasia esculenta)
  3. The edible tuber of these plants, some of which have medicinal value.
  4. Chinese taro (Alocasia cucullata, syn. Caladium colocasia).

Malanga2

proper nounMalanga (plural Malangas)

plural Malangas

  1. A surname from Italian.

Synonyms & antonyms

nountropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes

Similar
yautiatanniaspoonflowerXanthosoma sagittifoliumXanthosoma atrovirens
Broader
arumaroid
Also see
cocoyamnew cocoyamspoonfloweryautia

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. ItalianMalanga
  2. EnglishMalanga

Borrowed from Italian Malanga.

More words from Italian

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Translations

Italian malanga
  • malangaXanthostoma plant
Polish żółtosocza, ksantosoma
  • żółtosoczaXanthostoma plant
  • ksantosomaXanthostoma plant
  • malangaXanthostoma plant
Russian мала́нга
  • мала́нга (malánga)Xanthostoma plant
Spanish macal, yautía
  • macalXanthostoma plant
  • yautíaXanthostoma plant

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Mangalamalagan
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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